Asks:
This is such an important issue and I think is too broad to be addressed in a few paragraphs and by one person. We have been applying various bandages to our healthcare system for years now and the pandemic pushed all those issues to the forefront. It is important to recruit more workers, but if we don't address issues surrounding the burn out we will just continue to cycle through staff and we won't be able to retain anyone. I think that solving this issue will require conversations with many stakeholders (front line workers, medical professionals, administrators, unions and council) and is a very complex issue. I am prepared to have those conversations, listen and propose ideas with the goal of having skilled workers who can do their jobs safely.
